Facile one-step photopatterning of polystyrene films

Polymer Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 966-972

  Ubukata, Takashi ^a   Moriya, Yusuke ^a   Yokoyama, Yasushi ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

mass transfer; photopatterning; polystyrene; surface relief; thin film

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED TEMPERATURE; IRRADIATED AREA; MICROPATTERNED; PHOTO PATTERNING; POLYSTYRENE FILMS; SURFACE RELIEF STRUCTURES; SURFACE RELIEFS; THIN POLYSTYRENE FILMS; ULTRAVIOLET LIGHTS; UV-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

IRRADIATION; MASS TRANSFER; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMERS; THIN FILMS;

POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 84865843848     PISSN: 00323896     EISSN: 13490540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pj.2012.40     Document Type: Article

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